New life motto: I shall channel any stress I may feel over the chaos in my life and KNIT through it all. (Here’s how I justify the new yarny goodness that came in the mail today.) 
This is Schaefer Anne in Scotch Thistle for the Scotch Thistle Lace Stole, appropriately enough! I think this is going to be a fairly painless lace project–I took a look at the chart and it doesn’t look too bad. And the yarn is soooo pretty. I had to squish it and sniff it. (yes, I smell my yarn.) Just one skein makes the stole, so that’s not too bad!
And I am so excited about this: my first Lexie Barnes bag. Seriously, I’ve wanted this bag since I first started knitting years ago. So I feel like I’ve progressed enough as a knitter to where I deserve spending the amount I did on it. I found it on sale at Gosh Yarn It, and it was the last one they had in the Viona print, hehehe. My invoice has a nice handwritten note that literally says, “You got the last one in this print! yay!” with a smiley face. I love knitters. 
This bag is going to serve me well, I can already tell. First, it’s much wider than I expected–I think it’s around 16″–which is wonderful. I already tested it by putting my Clapotis in progress in there, and it fits perfectly. The bag has magnetic closures, so it opens easily and then *snap* it closes like magic. hehe! I need to take more photos of it. And cuddle it, possibly.
Lastly, I would have posted a photo of my beautiful blue Malabrigo, but…long story short, I got this instead. And I was so pissed about it that I had posted this big long rant at the L&V boards, which I promptly deleted. I reread it, and I just sounded sort of insane, lol. I think I’m letting my recent bad experience with Etsy affect my patience. The eBay seller I bought the Malabrigo from, the other customer whose yarn I have, and I worked it out (hopefully). She’s going to mail me my Malabrigo and I’m going to mail her this yarn. We live in the same state, so I’m crossing my fingers that I will be sniffing Malabrigo in a couple days or so!
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Enjoy your Flo bag! I love both my Flo and Lady B. I had balked about buying them too, at first, but I can’t tell you how glad I am that I did. I use them all the time.
Sorry to hear about your yarn mix-up. I’m sure all will be worked out and you’ll be in blue Malabrigo heaven.
First off, I’m jealous over your Lexi Barnes bag! And second, that just sucks with the malabrigo mixup (hopefully that’s all it was!) Good thoughts are being sent your way that it all works out!